佛祖統紀 15.45

15.45

晁說之。字以道。自號景迂。官至待制。文元公逈四世孫也。監明州船場。常往南湖訪明智。聞三千境觀之說。欣然願學通其旨。晚年日誦法華。自號天台教僧。或曰洧上老法華。明智沒為撰碑而論之。時稱高作（碑見名文光教志）。

Chao Shuozhi, styled Yidao, took the self-chosen style Jingyu. His official rank reached Auxiliary Academician. He was the great-great-grandson of Duke Wenyuan, Jiong. While supervising the Mingzhou Shipyard, he frequently went to Nanhu to visit Mingzhi. Hearing the exposition of the contemplation of the three thousand [realms in a single thought-moment], he gladly resolved to learn and master its purport. In his later years, he recited the Lotus Sūtra daily, calling himself 'the Tiantai doctrinal monk,' or 'the Old Lotus of the Wei River.' When Mingzhi passed away, he composed a stele inscription and evaluated him, which was praised at the time as a masterwork (the stele appears in the Mingwen Guangjiao zhi).